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Here's an activity that puts a new twist on a classic game. Help your first-grader create their own wooden word blocks and play sight word Jenga.

In this activity, your child will be challenged to use simple materials to create a catapult for a small, lightweight toy.

With a newspaper, highlighter, and some fun extra prizes, you can help your first grader start lifetime reading habits with print all around us.

In this activity, your first grader will practice calendar skills, observe the weather and learns to read calendar words. Here's how to get started:

Ancient tribes believed that these dolls kept worries away at night. Your 1st grader can make his own and learn about history, culture, and art in this activity

This science exploration lets your first grader see how eggs can provide a perfect environment for a living, growing creature.

Help your first grader create special 3D paper Christmas trees that he can use to decorate the home or give to friends.

Encourage your child to help make dinner special this holiday season! If your child is loves to help in the kitchen, this is a great activity. They will build mini-penguins to enjoy while waiting for dinner!

Give your first grader reading and writing practice with this fun, practical postcard that will also help with spelling strategies.

Watch your first grader marvel at how fun and simple it is to turn ordinary potatoes into custom shamrock stamps.

Here's a wacky activity that kids are sure to love: make a face that has shoelaces for hair!

Your first grader will delight in making a cookie version of homemade gelt--the gold coin chocolates that are often given as gifts or prizes during Hanukkah.

Help your child make an imaginative scene come to life by making a diorama. Your child will be practicing three dimensional thinking and language arts skills.

Help your second grader embrace his "green" side by recycling empty citrus peels into fruity ice cream bowls!

Playhouses can be expensive, and they take up so much space. Why not make your own collapsible playhouse instead?

Make this dragon relief with your first grader to celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month and teach her about an important part of Chinese culture.

Your first grader will love showcasing his favorite pieces of art with his very own personalized magnets created from old bottle caps!

Study science with your first grader in this arts and crafts activity that models the reason why fall leaves change color with some paint and crayons.

How goofy can your first grader get? Show her how to use balloons and yarn to craft a collection of silly faces!

Teach your kindergartener or first grader about the art of correspondence by guiding them to create their own postcards out of favorite family photographs.

Help your first grader build sight word knowledge by creating a reading pointer and taking the family on a house-wide reading tour!

This fun, addition focused take on the classic card game War is a great way to help your child get a strong hold on addition.

Want to boost math and science learning? Take a bug expedition and give your first grader practice observing and charting what they see.

For most kids the fun is in the process, and making a dollhouse out of cardboard boxes is as creative as it gets! Here's how to make your own dollhouse.

This activity encourages children to sculpt in free form. The only rule is that they have to build upwards.

Your first grader will love telling time while playing this fun game of tag! Ask Captain Midnight for the time, but watch out when his watch says "midnight"!

Allow your first grader to get his artwork outdoors this summer by letting him create a garden art box for his arts and crafts supplies.

The kitchen can be a favorite place for kids. And cooking helps them develop valuable skills-- from eye-hand coordination, to reading, to math

Here's a science activity that lets a first grader use an empty dish detergent bottle to create his own fountain as he explores air pressure.

Your first grader will gain an understanding of time management as your holiday tasks become manageable, with this to-do list reinvented as an advent calendar!